the supernatural

In 1820, at age 77, retired President Thomas Jefferson took a razor to four versions of the Gospels—Greek, Latin, French and English—neatly excising only the texts describing Jesus’s words and earthly…

Last week, The Satanic Temple (TST) introduced “the Satanic Abortion Ritual”—a ritual designed to provide religious support and comfort for women who’ve decided to get an abortion. But the ritual has…

Dr. Stella Immanuel received considerable attention after President Donald Trump retweeted a video where she recommends the use of hydroxychloroquine and asserts that masks are unnecessary to halt the…

In the wake of COVID-19 and its continuing casualties, we’re inundated with references to human sacrifices. Not since WWII have notions of human sacrifice been so prevalent in the public consciousness…

Ever since becoming an atheist many years ago, I’ve discarded most everything having to do with Islam. I don’t perform the daily prayers, I don’t attend my local mosque, and I don’t believe that God…

If there’s one thing that irks me to no end about the atheist community, it’s the overrepresentation of vocal jerks—and let’s be frank, they’re usually white men—who exhibit smug superiority and a…

What inspired you to write Speak of the Devil? I started writing on The Satanic Temple for Religion Dispatches back in 2013. What most fascinated me about them was that they were taking hypothetical…

This week, on the 22nd and 23rd of January, The Satanic Temple (TST) and the city of Scottsdale will meet in court to determine whether TST’s lawsuit over a retracted prayer invitation will proceed to…

Whether it’s the mysteries of technology or the inscrutable malice of the people around us, Evil explores the individual’s sense of powerlessness and the possibility that even an institution as flawed and problematic as the Catholic Church might offer within it the seeds of hope.

While TST is not the first Satanic organization to obtain this status, it is the first group that clearly intends to deploy this status in legal challenges. TST’s demands for equal treatment under the law are going to be much harder to dismiss from here on out.